L’Hérodiade de Mallarmé à travers la figure revisitée de saint Jean-Baptiste

Mallarmé se démarque des écrivains qui traitent le thème d’Hérodiade en faisant de Jean-le-Baptiste la figure centrale d’une oeuvre inachevée, où le « Cantique de saint Jean » devient le Symbole de son esthétique. Les fragments d’Hérodiade, fruits d’une longue gestation, sont le théâtre où s’affrontent drame religieux et drame poétique dans une quête spirituelle qui voit triompher le génie poétique. Ce dernier éclôt avec l’effacement du poète. Subsiste une religion sans Dieu, qui participe à l’avènement d’une poésie conçue comme reconstitution.Mallarmé distinguishes himself from other writers who treat the theme of Herodiad by making John the Baptist the central figure of an unfinished work, in which the “Cantique de saint Jean” becomes the symbol of his aesthetic. The fragments of Herodiade, which result from a long preparation, are the stage upon which religious and poetic dramas enter into conflict in a spiritual quest, in which the poetical genius triumphs, at the same time as the poet disappears. What remains is a godless religion that brings about the advent of a poetry conceived as a reconstitution

La Grotta Nera del Centro Didattico “Eliseo Osualdini”. Un’esperienza didattica sulla preistoria del Carso triestino, uomo e ambiente

Si descrivono i risultati ottenuti dai volontari del Gruppo Speleologico San Giusto di Trieste riunendo in un’unica realtà didattica gli aspetti più importanti dello studio della Preistoria: l’uomo e l’ambiente. Si tratta di quattro anni di esperienza con scuole, associazioni e altri visitatori. Dal rimboschimento del Carso iniziato nel 1842, attraverso la storia della Particella Sperimentale 252 del Bosco Bazzoni trasformata in orto botanico, nasce nel 1978 il Centro Didattico Eliseo Osualdini, risultato delle aspirazioni didattiche di alcuni soci fondatori. Vi si aggiunge nel 2007 la “Grotta Nera”, museo della preistoria del Carso triestino, recuperata come ecomuseo senza bacheche, a basso impatto ambientale. Immerge il visitatore nello spazio sensoriale di una vera grotta, conducendolo dal fondo alla superficie in un viaggio attraverso tempo, clima e culture del passato illustrate con scene di vita, luci selettive e voce narrante. “Tecniche artigianali preistoriche: arte e maestria dei primi abitanti del Carso” si intitola nel 2009 una serie di giornate di archeologia sperimentale che danno a ragazzi in età scolare l’opportunità di manipolare oggetti e attrezzi del passato e di sviluppare ingegno e gestualità nel tentativo di riprodurli, mettendo altresì in evidenza la disponibilità delle materie prime nell’ambiente circostante.Grotta Nera is an “open air” museum of Prehistory, where people – mostly boys of primary school age – can have an idea of the everyday life of ancient humans. This permanent exhibition was set up inside a cave, because caves are the most relevant sites used by prehistoric people in the Trieste Karst area. It includes the reconstruction of some scenes of prehistoric life, whose aspect derive from data collected in one century of archaeological excavations in the Karst area. The visit to the site takes the visitor through time while emerging from the cave, and includes accurate descriptions of the interactions between humans and environment. Other teaching activities are organised, like open days of experimental archaeology, and of environmental and anthropological sciences. The whole project and management are carried out by volunteers, collaborating with University Departments and Museums for organisation and scientific upgrade

Analysis of Impact of ICT Solutions in International Freight Management

The paper analyses a crucial problem in the international freight management and assesses the application of an innovative solution based on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools. In order to improve the customs clearance procedures, the paper analyses the main anomalies and bottlenecks related to international freight management of a case study by modelling the customs clearance activities in the Unified Modelling Language framework. Moreover, some novel ICT based solutions are proposed in order to optimize suited performance indices. The flow of goods and information involved in the case study is simulated in different scenarios in order to highlight the improvements reached by using ICT solutions. The simulation results point out the huge impact of ICT on customs clearance operations

Pulmonary recurrence from prostate cancer and biochemical remission after metastasis directed therapy. A case report.

We report a case of a 69-years-old man who presented with a solitary 1 cm nodule in the lower lobe of the left lung almost 3 years after radical prostatectomy for pT3aN0M0, Gleason score 4+3 disease, without evidence of osseous or lymphatic spread. Surgical resection of the pulmonary lobe confirmed the metastatic nature of the lesion, with subsequent reduction of serum PSA to undetectable levels. After 2 years from the metastasis resection, serum PSA is still undetectable, without the necessity of additional treatments. Solitary pulmonary metastases from prostate cancer (Pca) are rare in clinical practice, with only 29 previous cases described besides the one that we present

Change fast or change slow? Late Glacial and Early Holocene cultures in a changing environment at Grotta Continenza, Central Italy

This work contextualises the sequence of Grotta Continenza, a cave with a rich sequence of Late Glacial to Early Holocene archaeological levels spanning from the Late Upper Palaeolithic to the Neolithic, within the framework of southern Italy cultural adaptation to environmental change.The sequence is dated by Bayesian modelling of radiocarbon dates and event durations are computed, including hiatuses in sedimentation and gaps in culture development; these data are used in association with sedimentology and soil micromorphology to assess sedimentary models that can explain the environmental change.Techno-typological and behavioural aspects of Late Upper Palaeolithic populations are correlated with environmental change, mostly during Younger Dryas

Herders and caves in Croatia − new geoarchaeological evidence from cave sediments

U radu su predstavljeni rezultati novih geoarheoloških i mikromorfoloških istraživanja koja su autori izvršili na holocenskim arheološkim špiljskim sedimentima u Hrvatskoj. Zajedno s preispitivanjem prethodno objavljenih podataka, ovo istraživanje daje nove spoznaje o stočarskoj uporabi špilja u Hrvatskoj. Makroskopski i mikroskopski pokazatelji prisutnosti životinja – uglavnom preživača – upućuju na to da su se od neolitika nadalje špilje koristile kao staje, kao što je slučaj na čitavom prostoru sjevernog Sredozemlja, od Pirenejskog poluotoka do Italije i juga Balkanskog poluotoka. Na temelju rasprostranjenosti pretpovijesnih nalazišta na otvorenome i špiljskih nalazišta, može se zaključiti da su špilje bile sastavni dio kompleksnih agropastoralnih sustava eksploatacije krajolika.This paper presents the results of new geoarchaeological and micromorphological studies carried out by the authors on Holocene archaeological cave sediments in Croatia. Combined with the reappraisal of previously published data, this study sheds new light on the pastoral use of caves in Croatia. The occurrence of macro- and microscopic indicators of the presence of animals – mostly ruminants – shows that caves were used for housing livestock from the Neolithic onwards, as happened all over the Northern Mediterranean area, from the Iberian Peninsula to Italy, and in the Southern Balkans. Following the distribution of open-air and cave prehistoric sites it can be concluded that caves were integrated in complex agropastoral systems of landscape exploitation

Quaternary evolution of the fluviokarst Rosandra Valley (Trieste, NE Italy)

The stratigraphy of terraced sediments as well as morphological features of the middle reach of the Rosandra Valley (Trieste, NE Italy) were studied in order to reconstruct its Quaternary evolution. This sector forms a fluviokarst valley, which is characterized by a deep incised gorge with abrasional features. Downstream, the gradient is reduced, the valley widens and terraced deposits occur. Alluvial/colluvial terraces crop out for about 1 to 1.5 km along the creek. They show the coalescence of the alluvial deposits with debrisfalls from the steep limestone slopes and colluvial fans related to some minor tributaries. The highest terrace is roughly 15 m high. 14C datings on a frustule plant collected in the lower part of the deposit (> 45.000 yrs. BP), together with geological and geomorphological considerations, suggested that the terrace scarp could be Middle Pleistocene in age. The geomorphic regime of the creek changed from aggradation to erosion, as recorded by fanhead trenching and incision of fluvial terrace scarps, and it still persists. The tectonic uplift, which is partly responsible for the downcutting of the terrace and is still active, could be related to the SE-NW tilting of the Karst plateau